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Arabs in the mirror

images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times

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Nissim Rejwan, Nissim Rejwan
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Arabs in the mirror

images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times

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University of Texas Press
Language
English
Pages
210

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Subjects

Arab National characteristics, Arabs, Democracy, Intellectual life, Intellectuals, National characteristics, Arab, Social conditions, Arab countries, social life and customs, Egypt, social conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, Cultural, Discrimination & Race Relations, Minority Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM, Middle Eastern

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Arab countries, Egypt

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Arabs in the Mirror: Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times
2010, University of Texas Press
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Arabs in the Mirror: Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times
April 15, 2008, University of Texas Press
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Arabs in the Mirror: Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times
April 15, 2008, University of Texas Press
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Arabs in the mirror: images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times
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Table of Contents

The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree
Identity and self-definition
Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised
"Arabizing the Arabs"
Self-images old and new
Calls for "critical self-analysis"
Unity in diversity
The quest for democracy
Resources and development
The social scene
The case of Egypt
The West's inroads
The difference Israel has made new lessons for old
The intellectuals
Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-203) and index.

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Austin, Tex

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.892/7
Library of Congress
DS36.7 .R45 2008

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Pagination
xii, 210 p. ;
Number of pages
210

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OL22802323M
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9780292717275, 9780292717282
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2007033592
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